Excavating-shovel.



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EXGAVATING s qvEL APPLICATION I'ILBI) DBO. 9'. 1905.

' To all whom it rrtay'comcern:

' UNITED ,s'rA'rEs Arrn 'r OFFICE.

" ,JOHN "PAGE, OF CHICAGO, lLLINOlS.

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Specification of Letters Patent. I

Patented Dec. 18, 1906.

Application filed December 9, 1905 Serial No. 291.014.

Be it known that L'Jon-N W. PAGE, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Excavating-Shovels, of which the followin is a specification.

My'invention re ates to improvements in excavating-shovels, and is fully described and explained in this s ecification, and shown in the accompanying rawings, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved shovel in the position in which it is normally used. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the shovel in the dumping position, and Fi 3 is a perspective view-of the rear of the s ovel removed.

Referring to the drawings, A is a shovel,

preferably open at the top and front and aving its lower front edge out back to form a cutting edge a. A hauling-bail B is pivotally secured to the front of the shovel above and in front of the cutting edge, as and for the. purpose set forth in my application for patent on excavatingshovels, filed on even date herewith andallott'ed Serial No. 291,013. This hauling-bail B is connected to a hauling-rope B", which in practice runs over a block on the free end of a derrickboom, but which may be arranged in other ways, if desired.

The rearend of the shovel is'closed by a tailpiece C, which has just'above its lower edge two rearwardly-pro ecting ears 0, which are pivoted to the sides of the shovel A. This tailpiece O is curved backward opposite the ears c, as illustrated at c, sothat it can be swung about its pivot upon the scoop from the position illustrated-in Fig. 1 to the osition illustrated in Fig. 2, the curve 0 the tailpiece enabling the edge thereof adjacent to the pivot to swing around the corner of the scoop and underneath the same, as illustrated." Pivotally secured to the S000 near its upper corner is a holding-bail D, w 'ch is connected by a rope d with the tailpiece C near the upper end thereof, the said rope passingover a ulley d on the scoop.

each side of the scoop, to give a symmetrical pull; .buta's the drawings are side elevationsv ls itself with earth. The first earth strikes the tailpiece below its pivot and causes. it to swing shut tightly, if 1t is not in this position already. urih'g this filling movement of the scoop the holding-bail D is held backward by a holding-rope D, which in practice runs over a suitable drum. When the scoop is filled, it is lifted by the haulingrope B and transported to any desired position, the hauling-rope being kept taut to hold the contents of the scoop 'in place.

When the shovel reaches a positlon where it is desired'to deposit its contents, the holdingrope is released, permitting the tailpiece to swing down to dump the jcontent-s of the scoop.

A verydesirable apparatus with which to use my scoop is an ordinary derrick, in which case the hauling-rope passes over the derrick boo'm and the hauling-rope runs to a drum controlled by the hoisting-engine. The scoo will then run out nearly to the end of the 00m, its own weight keeping it in con tact with the ground. As it approaches the end of the boom, however, it will rise from the ground full of earth, and the boom can be swung up and around its pivot to a suitable dumping-point, where the vholding-rope can be released. The boom can then be swung to its original position and the shovel drawn in by the holding-rope. The device can also be used on a trolley, if desired, or. set up with a number of different devices.

I realize that considerable variation is possible in the details of this construction with-. out departing from the spirit of the inven= tion, and I therefore do not intend to limit described.

I claim as new and dsire to secure by Letters Patent i 1. In a device of the class described, the combination with a shovel and hauling means at its forward end, of a tailpiece pivota'lly secured to the rear of the shovel and mechanism for holding the tailpiece in position to retain thecontents of the shovel.

2. The combination with a shovel and i hauling means securedjto the front of the practice two sue ropes are provided, one on shovel, of a tailpiece pivoted between its ends above the lower edge of the shovel and means a for holding the tailpiece in position to retain the contents of the shovel, I v

3. The combination with a v shovel and hauling Qmeans secured to'the front, of the shovel, of a tailpiece pivotallv secured to the rear of thefsh'ovel, a lever pivotally secured Q? seems "to the rear of the shovel, a holding-rope at- I connection between the lever and tailpiece tached to the lever, a pulley on the shovel in whereby backward pull on the lever will hold front of the tailpiece and lever, and a flexible connection running from the lever to thetaih 5 piece.

4. The combination with a shovel and hauling means secured to the front of the shovel, of a tailpiece pivotally secured to the rear of the shovel, a lever also ivotally-se- Qicured to the rear of the shovel, .a holing .-1'Qpe connected to thelegver, and means of the tailpiece shut. I

In witness whereof I have signed the above 15 1 application for Letters Patent, at Chicago, in

the county of Cook and Stateof Illinois, this 5th day of December, A. D. 1905.

, JOHN W. PAGE. Witnesses:

(h me. O. SHERV-EY, K. MCQRNWALL. 

